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Offline rusty

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Weird spring
« on: February 28, 2014, 05:33:16 PM »
Old pliers, and I think , sheep shearing cutters came sometimes with a weird spring that looked like a flat piece of metal rolled up like a cigar, and compressed from the ends in between the handles . (I think KD used them for a while early on also)

Does anyone know what you call that kind of spring?

Has anyone ever , anywhere, seen new ones for sale?

My dad is looking for them to make some project, and I don't think I have ever seen anyone selling them new, but folks here tend to surprise me :)
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Re: Weird spring
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2014, 06:18:19 PM »
Go to the local hardware store and buy some garden shears, they often use that kind of spring.
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Re: Weird spring
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2014, 06:21:01 PM »
I think papaws suggestion is probably best. I haven't seen those springs anywhere.
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Re: Weird spring
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2014, 06:25:38 PM »
Felco spring-
http://www.amazon.com/Felco-Pruning-Shear-FELCO-SPRING/dp/B004AGMI14  But this might be just a brand of shears.
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Re: Weird spring
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2014, 06:26:15 PM »
Interesting, and a good start, if they are putting them in new gardening tools, someone much still be making them....
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Re: Weird spring
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2014, 06:26:57 PM »
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Re: Weird spring
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2014, 06:39:24 PM »
Thankyou papaw :)
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Re: Weird spring
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2014, 10:12:14 PM »
Quote from: Papaw on February 28, 2014, 06:25:38 PM
Felco spring-
http://www.amazon.com/Felco-Pruning-Shear-FELCO-SPRING/dp/B004AGMI14  But this might be just a brand of shears.
Felco IS a brand of pruning shears, and around here*, they're considered the professional's standard.  If those springs fit your application, I'd trust their quality.

*Part of California's wine country, and, before that, apple country; so people know quality pruning shears.
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Re: Weird spring
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2014, 07:54:36 AM »
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*Part of California's wine country, and, before that, apple country

Ah- Boone's Farm and Ripple!!
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Re: Weird spring
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2014, 11:18:26 AM »
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*Part of California's wine country, and, before that, apple country

Ah- Boone's Farm and Ripple!!
Gravenstein apples, still made into Apple Time sauce.  Gravs are some of the finest apples ever, during the brief period that they're ripe; but they don't travel well, alas.
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Re: Weird spring
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2014, 06:42:30 AM »
Quote from: Bill Houghton on March 01, 2014, 11:18:26 AM
Gravenstein apples, still made into Apple Time sauce.  Gravs are some of the finest apples ever, during the brief period that they're ripe; but they don't travel well, alas.

Some of the finest, yes!  Especially for cooking, like Granny Smiths and Pippins.   I think they make the best apple cider of all.   A couple of places up at Apple Hill make Gravenstein cider during the season.   Living in Sacramento and making the occasional foray to the Santa Rosa area, I don't have to worry about how well they travel.
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